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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3. $name = "$ blah";
  4. $regex = "/^(\\\$|\(.+\))( ?)/";
  5. $matchedName = preg_replace($regex, "", $name);
  6.  
  7. var_dump($regex);
  8. var_dump($matchedName);
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 20568KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
string(18) "/^(\$|\(.+\))( ?)/"
string(4) "blah"
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language:
PHP (php 7.3.5)
created:
10 years ago
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